Mounted search and rescue

[<Jorene@CEOates.com>]

 

From: Bdurham05201@aol.com

Jorene, we have trained a few of our horses to pull/drag. They can actually pull a travois or help a rescue team pull someone up a steep ravine.

Great for low angle rescue! Have you tried using those horses as rope anchors (stand still while someone does a rappel/ascend) instead of pulling?

 

Do you use the Native American travois method, or use a wheeled litter, or ???  I've often thought in the right kind of terrain a modified Stokes with tough rear wheels with some kind of shock absorber system would be useful for MSAR. You can use a pack saddle with long forks for a pack animal to carry the litter, but that can be a long way up to lift someone. ;)

 

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Jorene Downs
Tulare Co, CA
SAR, MSAR, Swiftwater Rescue, US&R,
Technical Rescue, Cave Rescue,
Hasty Team, ICP
www.CEOates.com/sar
Tulare-Kings CERT Program Coordinator
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